Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-11
WHAT NEWSPAPERS ABROAD
SAY or OUR TURNPIKE
MOVEMENT.

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louisville courier-Journal, March 81
ut is most encouraging to hear tina
Christian county is making asystem
attic attempt to extend and improv'
8 her turnpikes and level roads. Thil
Is a matter closely connected wilhth'
!. general welfare of the people, and !
has been much too long neglected.
For long distances the railroad has
undoubtedly supplanted the turnpike
but forsllorter dislances,as extensions
of our railroad system, the turnpikes
are of more value now than ever be-
fore.
This is the time for the extension
of tnrnpikes and county roads. This
road building should gohand in hand
with the extension Of our railroads.
The cost of carrying produce to the
depot and hauling home family sup
plies Is seldom considered, yet II one
will try TO get at II he will find II 10
be very serious expense.
Suppose over rough dirt road, 1t
takes two hours TO go to the station,
or to the mill, aud two hours 10 re-
turn. There Is the time of the driver
and the use OF two horses, with an
additional charge for wear and tear
on the wagon. When this journey is
multiplied by one hundred or two
hundred for the year, we will find
that the aggregate is great. Good
roads could reduce ID one hair with
out doubt.
It win be well for every county in
the State to follow the example of
Christian"
CHURCH AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
INCREASED.
Good roads will largely increase
the attendance of schools and church.
es, during winter and spring. Hun
dreds OF women and children who
are now excluded from church aud
school privileges on account of bad
roads will be able TO attend regularly
throughout the year. Every good
citizen will gladly seize this golden
opportunity of adding to the pleasure
and enlightenment of his family.
MERCY.
Have mercy on the poor horses and
mules. Many ofthese valuable AMI
mails have been killed or crippled for
life In the horrible mud-holes Of
Christian county. One days violent,
exhausting, cruel pull through the
mire aud holes of Che Lafayette, Cadiz,
Garretlsburg and Newstead mud
roads is harder OH team than pull
ing over smooth, hard road for
whole year.
THE AWFUL ToLL-GATE.
Some persons dread toll-gates. The
dearest toll-gate through which a
farmer ever drove loaded wagon
to market is huge mud-hole, for
there is sure to be big blacksmith's
bill and an injured team at the end
of his trip. 1t Is cheaper TO pass
through two or three toll-gates than
two or three miles of mud-holes, like
those ON the Cadiz road.
OUR OPPORTUNITY.
Now Is the accepted time, the price
less opportunity of Christian county.
If she neglects Il she will suffer the
injury and disgrace of her folly for
years TO come. A county, like an in
dividual, may let slip a grand oppor-
Unity. The opportunity seldom or
never returns. Then the reaction
comes. Confidence and self-respect |
are lost. The last state of the man or |
of the county is worse than the first.
1891, 900 ADDED TO THE CASH VALUE
OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY FARMS.
The County Court, on Monday, the
l4th, inst, win have the power to add
at least $685., 900 to the cash value of
Christian county farms, at single
stroke of the pen, by granting the
right of way, to the Union Turnpike
Company. The intelligence and en-
terprise of every district in the coun-
ty are a unit in Its favor. The grant
should be given without one dissent
ing voice. Beyond all question, The
right Of scay is the right iCay.
PRAYING FOR JSo. c LATHAM.
The Boone county Recorder speak
ing of the Christian county Union
Turnpike Company says; "The above
boom is the kind which will rebound
to the advantage of the farmers, and
is not one of mushroom character.
1t advances the condition ofthe farm
ers by instilling into them new life
as II were--brings them out of the
mud and places their feet on solid |
ground. You may consider it from
any stand point you desire, and you
viii finally find yourself forced to
the conclusion that contribution to
a pike will be Of incalculable bene-
At to you and the generations to come. !
Would that Boone county had a Jno.
@. Latham"
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